The operation, codenamed Operation Silent Storm, was executed by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) serving under the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), ...

Somali National Army Chief, General Odowa Yusuf Rage, visited Bariire in Lower Shabelle, recently seized from Al-Shabaab ...

Joint forces comprising the Somali National Army (SNA) and African Union troops, particularly from the Ugandan contingent, ...

Somali National Army (SNA) forces recently captured the strategic town of Bariire in Lower Shabelle, unveiling a cache of advanced weapons and military equipment previously unknown in the hands of ...

Somali National Army, in collaboration with Uganda People's Defence Forces, liberated strategic Bariire town in Lower ...

The African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) strongly refutes media reports alleging heavy ...

Two soldiers killed and 12 wounded during operations in Lower Shabelle region, Defense Ministry says - Anadolu Ajansı ...

After a thorough assessment of the Somali National Army-led operation near Bariire, Somalia, on Aug. 25, 2017 and the associated allegations of civilian casualties, U.S. Special Operations Command ...

Bariire has been a key target for Somali and AU troops. Militants have used the city as a military base from which to organize attacks they carry out in Mogadishu, and to run courts in which they ...

"We overran Bariire base, burnt three military vehicles and took two vehicles," Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab's spokesman for military operations, told Reuters, referring to a brief occupation of ...

Bariire, 55 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu, was captured by Somali government and AMISOM forces last Saturday from al-Shabab.

AMISOM and Somali forces captured the town in mid-August, but Al-Shabab retook control of Bariire on Saturday, the same day that the truck bombs detonated in Mogadishu, the New York Times reported.